The Latest Breaking News from Nicole Hucks

Children's commissioner not briefed on OC spray powers

Children riding Northern Territory buses could be hit with capsicum spray by transport officers under new laws targeting crime and anti-social behaviour.

AAP · Oct 3, 2023

Don Dale: the children with profound disability held behind bars in the NT

At least 15 children with a diagnosed disability, including foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, are being held in detention in the Northern Territory

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2023

Acting NT Children's Commissioner Nicole Hucks calls for formal ban of spit hoods

Northern Territory Police last year implemented an internal ban on the devices, but calls are now growing for the ban on spit hoods to be enshrined in law.

ABC News · Jun 6, 2023

FOI documents show the NT is breaching its own independent monitoring policy at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

Freedom of Information documents reveal the NT government is failing to adhere to its own independent monitoring policy at a time when self-harm incidents are surging inside its youth detention facilities.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022